Predation risk, stoichiometric plasticity and ecosystem elemental cycling

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1745, 2012, Pages 4183-4191

  Leroux, Shawn J ^a,d   Hawlena, Dror ^b   Schmitz, Oswald J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Ecosystem functioning; Herbivore physiological stress; Nitrogen cycling; Predation risk; Stoichiometric balance

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PREDATION RISK; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84866084326     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1315     Document Type: Article

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